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7. A Time of Guns and Grain

verfasst von : Anthony S. Travis

Erschienen in: Nitrogen Capture

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Abstract

The story still is told of a Minister, a member of the War Cabinet, who, finding the conversation at a certain dinner turning to the sinister menace of the submarine campaign, then at its height, and its effects especially on the Chile communications, turned to his neighbour with the enquiry: ‘Tell me, what is this nitrate they are all making such a fuss about?’

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Titel: A Time of Guns and Grain
verfasst von: Anthony S. Travis
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Nitrogen Capture
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-68962-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-68963-0

Copyright-Jahr: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68963-0_7

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